Alameel to face Cornyn in November

Published 8:17 pm, Tuesday, May 27, 2014

Texas voters will be spared an odd choice in November between a U.S. Senate candidate who wants to repeal "Obamacare," and one who wants to impeach President Obama.

That was always the dilemma facing Democrats in Tuesday's improbable primary runoff between Dallas dental mogul David Alameel, the choice of the party's establishment, and Houston activist Kesha Rogers, a Lyndon LaRouche acolyte who calls Obama a criminal.

In the end, with all eyes on Texas, Alameel prevailed over Rogers, earning him immediate underdog status in a quest to take on powerful, two-term incumbent John Cornyn, a critic of Obama's health care law and the No. 2 Republican in the Senate.

After forcing a runoff, Rogers continued to travel the state extensively, courting runoff voters and garnering more donations than Alameel. But it wasn't enough to overcome Alameel's personal wealth from his dental clinic chain, which enabled him to pour more than $9 million into his campaign, his second bid for federal office after a previous run for a U.S. House seat.